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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.editors.text;


 /**
  * Document provider for {@link org.eclipse.core.resources.IStorage} based domain elements.
  * Basically incorporates the concept of character encoding.
  *
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public interface IStorageDocumentProvider {

     /**
      * Returns the default character encoding used by this provider.
      *
      * @return the default character encoding used by this provider
      */
     String getDefaultEncoding();

     /**
      * Returns the character encoding for the given element, or
      * <code>null</code> if the element is not managed by this provider.
      *
      * @param element the element
      * @return the encoding for the given element
      */
     String getEncoding(Object element);

     /**
      * Sets the encoding for the given element. If <code>encoding</code>
      * is <code>null</code> the workbench's character encoding should be used.
      *
      * @param element the element
      * @param encoding the encoding to be used
      */
     void setEncoding(Object element, String encoding);
 }

